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After a run of two days, Mohammed Ahmed al-Hanaq, the man suspected of being leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), arrested yesterday (6 / 1).

Al-Hanaq arrested while being treated at a hospital in the province of Amran. Besides him, Yemeni forces arrested two suspected militants escaped another wounded when anti-terror raids last Monday (4 / 1).

Yemen Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed that the three suspected militants were arrested yesterday was a member of the AQAP. United States (U.S.) and Western countries believe, groups affiliated with Osama bin Laden's network as a spreader of terror against foreign embassies in Sanaa city. As a result, Washington, London, and Paris was forced to close their offices in Yemen on Sunday last (3 / 1).

"Government troops hunting Al-Qaeda group of fighters in the mountains. The goal is to capture Mohammed Ahmed al-Hanaq, the alleged leader of AQAP, and brother, Nazeeh al-Hanaq," the light of Yemen Ministry of Home Affairs as reported by the Associated Press. But, the hunt moving target which was launched last Monday that the new maximum fruition yesterday.

We raid last Monday, a number of suspected militants and the main target could escape. But, they fled in a wounded condition. According to Agence France-Presse, two relatives of al-Hanaq killed in a raid in Arhab area which is about 40 kilometers from the Sanaa. Meanwhile, several relatives of al-Hanaq others only wounded and fled with a number of suspected militants.

Yemeni forces yesterday to recapture the success of militant suspects who fled following the main target, al-Hanaq. Last Tuesday (5 / 1), three suspected militants were arrested. Everything was arrested in wounded condition. "Last Tuesday, three suspected militants were arrested while undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in the region Reyda. Four men who allegedly hold and bring them to the hospital was also arrested," beber Ministry of Home Affairs.

The success of the government to catch al-Yemeni was Hanaq positive direaksi by British and French governments. Yesterday, two U.S. allies are also immediately reopen their embassies are forced to close because of terror threats AQAP. Tuesday, the first U.S. representative office to re-activate in Sanaa. "Yemeni security forces have overcome the specific problems underlying the closure of the embassy yesterday," said U.S. Embassy in a written statement Tuesday.

Once al-Hanaq arrested, Yemeni government immediately issued an official document on security guarantees. "All the foreign representative offices and their facilities in Yemen is safe. Security in foreign properties as well as the residence of foreign nationals we have doubled," the government of Yemen in the light of these statements. In a statement also mentioned that the government had managed the main membekuk five militant suspects.

Later, precisely since the failed bomb attacks Abdulmutallab Farouk Umar, Yemen became the focus of attention of the U.S. and its ally countries. Because, when hearing, the youth who hid explosives in underwear behind it claimed to have terrorist training in Yemen. Besides, since a long time, countries in the northern tip of the Arabian peninsula was a nest of militant suspects.

Some time ago, in particular, the U.S. General David Petraeus assigned to Yemen. Military officers who served as U.S. regional commander for the Arabs is to meet President Ali Abdullah Saleh to discuss security. "Washington will always give full support to Yemen in fighting terrorism," said Petraeus as Saba news agency reported.

On that occasion, Petraeus also delivered a special message related to President Barack Obama bilateral cooperation in the field of terrorism and piracy. At the end of the meeting, the Yemeni government to send troops to the three eastern provinces. Namely Abyan province, Bayada, and Shawba, which is believed to be a militant hideout AQAP.